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Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson

Highest Rated: 100% Jubilee (1978)

Lowest Rated: 50% A Prayer for the Dying (1987)

Birthday: Mar 1, 1948

Birthplace: Wales, UK

Actor Karl Johnson started his entertainment career when he was just 11 years old. Johnson's earliest roles were in film, including the horror movie "Night of the Ghouls" (1959) with Kenne Duncan, the Tor Johnson horror flick "Plan 9 From Outer Space" (1959) and the comedy "Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke" (1978) with Cheech Marin. He also appeared in "Jubilee" (1979), the comedy "Valley Girl" (1983) with Nicolas Cage and the Catherine Mary Stewart horror feature "Night of the Comet" (1984). He continued to act in productions like the David Hasselhoff drama "The Final Alliance" (1990), "Return of the Family Man" (1990) with Ron Smerczak and "Kwagga Strikes Back" (1991). He also appeared in "The Tempest" (1991). Recently, he tackled roles in the dramatic comedy "Tomorrow La Scala!" (2002) with Jessica Hynes, "Heidi" (2005) and "The Illusionist" (2006) with Edward Norton. He also appeared in the Stanley Tucci suspenseful mystery "Four Last Songs" (2007) and the action picture "Hot Fuzz" (2007) with Jim Broadbent. Most recently, Johnson acted in the Timothy Spall dramatic biopic "Mr. Turner" (2014).

Highest rated movies

100% Jubilee
97% Mr. Turner
91% King Lear
88% Dream Horse
86% Wittgenstein
81% The Deep Blue Sea
73% The Illusionist
67% Peterloo

Photos

KALEIDOSCOPE, KARL JOHNSON, 2016. ©IFC MIDNIGHT

Filmography

Movies

Credit
88% 97% Dream Horse Kerby (Character) $2.6M 2020
67% 42% Peterloo Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary (Character) $116.7K 2018
91% 61% King Lear Fool (Character) - 2018
64% 45% Kaleidoscope John (Character) - 2016
67% 60% The Carer Joseph (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 88% Winter Thaw Stepanovich (Character) - 2016
97% 56% Mr. Turner Mr. Booth (Character) $4.2M 2014
52% 37% The Sea Blunden (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 50% The Pier Larry McCarthy (Character) - 2011
81% 52% The Deep Blue Sea Mr. Miller (Character) $1.1M 2011
No Score Yet 100% National Theatre Live: Frankenstein De Lacey (Character) - 2011
64% 50% I Know You Know Ernie (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dog Altogether Jack (Character) - 2007
73% 83% The Illusionist Doctor/Old Man (Character) $39.8M 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet When I'm 64 Unknown (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 72% Pure Grandad (Character) $102.0K 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tomorrow La Scala! Sydney (Character) - 2002
67% 61% Love Is the Devil: Study of a Portrait of Francis Bacon John Deakin (Character) $343.0K 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Saint-Ex Didier Daurat (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 46% Catherine the Great Sheshkovsky (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 57% Automatic Gamma 1 (Character) - 1994
86% 75% Wittgenstein Ludwig Wittgenstein (Character) - 1993
67% 56% Close My Eyes Colin (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 29% The Final Alliance Red (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 9% White Ghost Brownie (Character) - 1988
50% 53% A Prayer for the Dying Fitzgerald (Character) $1.4M 1987
No Score Yet 50% Avenging Force Cmdr. Jeb Wallace (Character) $3.2M 1986
67% 59% The Tempest Ariel (Character) - 1979
100% 58% Jubilee Sphinx (Character) - 1978

TV

Credit
100% No Score Yet Truelove Tom (Character) 2024
78% 93% The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies Bill Newman (Character) 2023
48% 27% Suspicion Eric Cresswell (Character) 2022
98% 75% Landscapers Unknown (Character) 2021
78% 71% Too Close James De Cadenet (Character) 2021
100% 85% Mum Reg (Character) 2016 2018-2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Born to Kill Mr Williams (Character) 2017
No Score Yet 94% Call the Midwife Mr. Masterson (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lark Rise to Candleford Twister Turrill (Character) 2008-2011
85% 88% The Adventures of Merlin Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
86% 96% Rome Porcius Cato (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Detective (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bergerac Unknown (Character) 1989
No Score Yet 80% Knight Rider Julius Korso (Guest Star) 1984